CVE-2023-46118

Denial of Service by publishing large messages over the HTTP API

Published Oct 24, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.9 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. HTTP API did not enforce an HTTP request body limit, making it vulnerable for denial of service (DoS) attacks with very large messages. An authenticated user with sufficient credentials can publish a very large messages over the HTTP API and cause target node to be terminated by an "out-of-memory killer"-like mechanism. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 3.11.24 and 3.12.7.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3687-1 rabbitmq-server security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5571-1 rabbitmq-server security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-50377 RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. HTTP API did not enforce an HTTP request body limit, making it vulnerable for denial of service (DoS) attacks with very large messages. An authenticated user with sufficient credentials can publish a very large messages over the HTTP API and cause target node to be terminated by an "out-of-memory killer"-like mechanism. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 3.11.24 and 3.12.7.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg RabbitMQ vulnerable to Denial of Service by publishing large messages over the HTTP API
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6501-1 RabbitMQ vulnerability
History

No history.

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 5:14 PM
Reserved
Oct 16, 2023, 5:51 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 25, 2023, 6:17 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 23, 2023, 12:00 AM